Peasedown St. John
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Scene Description: modern, late 19th-century (?) font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11904PEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (late?), Late Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John te Baptist, Peasedown St. John
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: Church Rd, Peasedown St John, Bath BA2 8AA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7973 972018
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A367, 8 km SSW of Bath, just NE of Radstock
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Font Notes:
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The current font is an octagonal mounted one, probably late 19th-century Victorian. [NB: the church was probably a new one, not based on an earlier one]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Notes: octagonal and flat, with flat cross and metal ring